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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Life senior member, 94; died 4 July. After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. Except for a short period volunteering for the Defense Electric Power Administration during the Korean War, he spent his entire career at AEP.

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

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Using these resources, Columbus will work to reshape its transportation system to become part of a fully-integrated city that harnesses the power and potential of data, technology, and creativity to reimagine how people and goods move throughout their city. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

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One of the vital crops that demonstrates the complexity concerned within the EV battery facility talks is the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown, Ohio, a three way partnership between GM and Korea’s LG Power Resolution Ltd.

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Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

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Screen shot of a Grid Command Distribution “heatmap” analysis for a neighborhood. Battelle staff developed the new Grid Command Distribution software internally as part of its work over the past two years as part of an ongoing smart grid demonstration project in Ohio: AEP Ohio’s gridSMART program, sponsored by the DOE.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Students from North Carolina State University , in Raleigh, along with two community volunteers, focused on providing the public with information such as the spatial and potential impacts of tidal flooding, through further research and a self-powered camera. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods.

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National Drive Electric Week extends EV access

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Every neighborhood deserves clean air and the transition to EVs is the quickest way to get there.” We used social media, passed out 1,000 handbills all over the area, and traveled to Columbus to the largest classic VW event in Ohio to invite the folks there to join us,” said Hankins. “We When I bought my VW ID.4,

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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BAE Systems, Ballard Power Systems and ElDorado National will team up to build the new zero-emission buses. The charging station has emergency power generation capability, providing power to the electric bus fleet during power outages. million rides per year throughout Stark County, Ohio. 54,469,249.

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